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Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Nerd Crafts: Nerdy Ornaments

Christmas is one of my favorite times of year! I LOVE Christmas decor and I love nerdy things. I wanted to mash my love of both together in this month's nerd crafts! Hope you enjoy!

Supplies:

*Various Colored Felt

*Clear Gel Tacky Glue

*Twine

*Various Fabric Paint Colors

*Scissors

*Black Tread

*Needle

Serenity Ornament - I used a CD to trace the orange circle. Cut it out, then placed it under the yellow felt and free handed the yellow circle. I used this Serenity logo as an example. I used a red Sharpie to draw on the characters, but think that some sort of paint might work better {I ended up going over it with red fabric paint}. Make sure you have sharp scissors for the felt! I used the clear Tacky Glue to glue the circles together and for the twine on the back.

T.A.R.D.I.S. Ornament- This one was easier than I thought it was going to be. The Tacky Glue worked fine for everything, just let it all dry before doing any painting {just to be safe}. Black and white fabric painted worked perfect for the details.

Breaking Bad Ornament - Taking green felt I cut out my squares, glueing two on top of each other for more stability. I used a white fabric paint for the lettering. When everything was dried I used the clear Tacky Glue to glue the two squares together in one corner.

Union Jack Ornament - Using blue and white felt, I cut the shapes needed and used red fabric paint for the red stripes. This one was by far the hardest ornament to make. I know it is not totally correct, but not horrid for a first try. Good luck on this one :)

A Silent Film Ornament - This one I made my job harder on myself than necessary. I took way too much time trying to draw the perfect diamond, when I could have just drawn a square and turned it!

I actually made about four variations of this one to send to all my Lamplighter friends. For mine, it came together as a happy accident. I had extra black felt and two different sizes. I really like how this one came out.

The original design was cream felt with black lettering. I then hand sewed a boarder of black thread. This was super quick and easy {I am not a sewer}! I cannot wait to give these to all my Lamplighter friends!

Total cost for all the ornaments was around $11.00 and I made a lot! I had to make three separate trips to Michael's but I did it all for you! Let me know in the comments how your's turn out and also if you decide to try something different. Happy crafting!